Starting a new religion that says reading SCOTUS opinions by Alito or Thomas is a sin and my kids should be able to opt out, for their own protection and religious freedom. RE:
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Tim Carvell (@timcarvell.bsky.social)
It's not a new observation, but it's wild that in Alito's mind, gay people are an abstraction who can safely be kept Out There, when lots of kids (...
Cautiously optimistic about the movie... RE:
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Mistress Usili (Sage) 🏳️‍⚧️ (@usili.bsky.social)
oh my gd, this naked gun poster
NY Post is obsessed. The idea that London Breed was like Mamdani or that SF politics is anything like NYC's is just nonsense. [nypost.com/2025/06/27/o...](
Warning to NY: Don't make the mistake we did in San Francisco by electing Zohran Mamdani
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Warning to NY: Don't make the mistake we did in San Francisco by electing Zohran Mamdani
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Jess has a good analysis here of the problems of FSC v. Paxton. RE:
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Jess Miers 🦝 (@jmiers230.bsky.social)
FSC v. Paxton: Texas age verification mandate for adult content survives intermediate scrutiny because it only "incidentally" burdens the protected...
My take on FSC v. Paxton. Not a fan. A disaster for free speech and a roadmap to destroying it further. RE:
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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)
The Conservatives On The Supreme Court Are So Scared Of Nudity, They’ll Throw Out The First Amendment The Supreme Court this morning took a cha...
Ugh. FSC v. Paxton looks bad on very very very quick skim... Will dig in.
I regret that I actually understand what Trump is babbling about. He's claiming that birthright citizenship promise of the 14th amendment was ONLY supposed to apply to the babies of slaves born in the US. The "same year" is about it applying to people when 14A happened. He's also completely wrong. RE:
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Constantine (@ajaxsinger.bsky.social)
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Alito includes screenshots from the books he thinks parents should be able to bar schools from letting their children read. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreibpdpptvhjnhnayzse7ongibsfho44tu43yn74vld6apngdvyc2cy
I mean, the ridiculous bit is how often Stephen Miller and MAGA folks focused on getting universal injunctions against Biden. So I'm assuming this is going to be another one of these "well it only applies during GOP presidency" type SCOTUS rulings. RE:
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Mark Joseph Stern (@mjsdc.bsky.social)
🚨By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court rules that universal injunctions likely exceed federal courts' authority and rolls back the injunctions prot...
I actually think the paper is better and more accurate than Eliot suggests, but it does have an unfortunate blindspot that Eliot highlights. Both things can be true: many people have completely overreacted in a moral panic manner to claims of mis- and disinformation. But also... RE:
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Eliot Higgins (@eliothiggins.bsky.social)
🧵 THREAD: Why the Cato Institute’s new paper on “misinformation panic” is dangerously wrong, and why it completely misunderstands the real...